DHAKA: Police used batons to break up protests in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Wednesday as the country was shut down for a second time in four days by an opposition-led strike.
Dozens of vehicles were torched in Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong ahead of the 48-hour strike, and police said they had deployed 10,000 officers in the capital to prevent unrest.
"At least eight people have been jailed on the spot for holding unlawful protests and damaging vehicles," Dhaka police spokesman Masud Ahmed told AFP.
Dozens of vehicles were torched in Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong ahead of the 48-hour strike, and police said they had deployed 10,000 officers in the capital to prevent unrest.
"At least eight people have been jailed on the spot for holding unlawful protests and damaging vehicles," Dhaka police spokesman Masud Ahmed told AFP.
Source: The News
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